Basket



UNITED STATES i PATENT OEEICE.

JOSEPH PERRY, OF CANNONSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- THIRD TO E.OV. BERT, OF BEAVER FALLS, PENNSYLVANIA.

BASKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 580,671, dated April13, 1897.

Application led March ll, 1895. Serial No. 541,375. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH PERRY, of Cannonsburg, in the county of\Vashington, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Sheet Metal Baskets, of which the following is a clearand exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,illustrating the same. i

Figure lis a plan vie W of a sheet-steel blank cut ready for making upinto one of my improved baskets. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing theside parts or stavesbent up into position. Fig. 3 is a plan view of thesame. Fig. 4 is a side view of a finished basket. Fig. 5 is a top viewof the same. Fig. 6 is a perspective of one of the hoops. Fig. 7 is apartial horizontal section along the line of the upper hoop. Fig. 8shows a sheet-blank for one ofthe rim-pieces. Fig. 9 shows in side Viewand top View the rimpiece formed from the last said blank. Fig. l0 showscross-sec tions of the rim, Fig. 9, on the lines o: and y y. Fig. l1 isa top view of one of the rimpieces bent into shape. Fig. l2 is an insideview of one-half of the'top edge part of the basket on a larger scale.Fig. '13 is a partial view of the rim part, Vshowing the two ends of therim-sections and the manner of securing them. Fig. 14 is a face and anedge view of the reinforcing-piece used in securing the adjacent ends ofthe rim-sections to the basket.

In the drawings, A indicates, as a whole, the blank, which I cut fromsheet-steel for the manufacture of the basket. It is cut with a seriesof tongues or stave-pieces a a2, radiating from a central circular orapproximately circular part a. Of these tongues there may be anysuitable number, and they may be cut and shaped as desired in order toproduce baskets of the desired conformation.

I prefer to cut two or more of the tongues or stave-pieces, as those atCL2, shorter than the others at a', so that apertures shall be providedfor hand-holes in the finished basket, as shown at a6.

In each of the tongues of the blank A, I cutl a series of slots atequidistant from the center to receive the upper hoop and another seriesat a5 for the lower hoop.

ternately throu gh the series of apertures a4 or 0.5. At the ends thereare rivet-apertures ZJ b, through which rivets can be passed for finallysecuring them in position.

The upper edge of the basket is inclosed and protected by a rim of suchnature as to not only accomplish these latter purposes, but also toprevent the exposure of sharp edges and to provide a convenient handleor means for lifting the basket. This rim is also preferably made ofsheet-steel and in sections, two or more. It is made of two semicircularsections, as shown in Figs. 5 and ll. These may be produced in anypreferred way. A sheet like that in Fig. S can be bent so as to form atubular portion c2, with downward depending flanges c3, and a recess atc'. At any suitable stage this can be curved, as shown in Fig. ll. Twoof these rim-sections are then applied in the manner shown in Figs. 4,5, l2, and I3, one of the iianges c3 lying upon the inside and the otherupon the outside of the upper ends of the tongues or stavefpieces a.Rivets c4 are then inserted so as to fasten together the iianges and theends of the tongue a', the recesses at c' in the flanges being placed toregister with the cut away tongues a2, whereby an adequate passage isleft for the passage of the hand, as shown at d6, Fig. 4. I have foundthat one rivet c4 foi` each of the tongues d is sufiicient. There theends of the two rim-sections C come together, I apply reinforcing-platesD. One is shown detached in Fig. 14, in section in Fig. l2, and bydotted lines is shown in elevation in Fig. I3. It has rivet-apertures d,through which pass two of the rivets c4. Vith these devices a strongfastening is provided which holds all of the parts firmly together.

While I have above described in detail all of the features of structureand arrangement which I at present prefer, yet it will be un- IOOderstood that there can be modification in numerous respects withoutdeparting from the essential features of the invention.

As hereinbefore pointed out, one of the objects of my presentimprovements is to provide a rim for a basket which shall present norough or sharp edges to injure the hands o f a party lifting or handlingthe basket,

and it will be seen that by providing the rim v with the curved bead c2and making the flanges c3 of such length as to extend only from onerelatively short stave d2 to another relatively short stave I provide asmooth rounded handle portion above each of said staves a2. By thisconstruction the basket can be easily handled, and there are noprojecting edges at any point of the rim. It will also be noticed thateach of the bands B B' extends continuously around the basket, beingeach threaded in and out alternately through the apertures providedtherefor in the staves or side pieces of the basket. By such aconstruction it will be seen that the bands serve to bind the staves orside pieces together and so lock them in place as to prevent eitheroutward or inward movement thereof.

I am aware that it has been heretofore-proposed to connect a barrel hoopor band to each stave by means of rivets or to connect a series ofmetallic plates or sections of a hoop in place about a barrel by meansof staples, each extending across the joint between two staves andhaving its ends passed through apertures in two of said plates and theadjacent staves and clenched on the inside ofthe barrel;` but my presentimprovements present marked advantages over such a construction as thatabove referred to. I employ a single continuous band extending onopposite sides of adjacent staves and thereby avoid the use of rivetsexcept at the ends of the band. This construction is more desirable andless expensive than the above-described manner of securing barrel-stavesin place and also enables me to provide a basket the interior of whichshall be relatively smooth instead of having two projections on theinner face of each stave, as are produced by clenching the staple ends,as above described.

What I claim is- 4 l. A sheet-metal basket having lthe bottom and sidepieces formed from a single blank, in combination with a rim having theparallel ianges, c3, extending on opposite sides of the side pieces, andthe bead-like portion, c2, extending across the upper ends of the sidepieces and projecting beyond the outer and inner faces thereof andbeyond the flanges,

c3, and means for connecting the' flanges, c3 and the side pieces of thebasket together substantially as set forth.

2. The herein-described basket, it consisting of a bottom, side piecesor staves extending upwardly from the bottom, one or more of said sidepieces being shorter than the others, anda rim having a bead-likeportion, c2, extending across the upper ends of the side pieces, and asectional depending flange adapted to be secured to the relatively longside pieces, each section of the said flange extending from one of theshorter side pieces to another of said shorter staves, whereby a sectionof the rounded, bead-like, portion, c2, of the rim is provided abovesaid shorter staves to serve as a handle, substantially as set forth.

3. The herein-described basket, it consisting of a bottom and sidepieces formed from a single blank, one or more of said side pieces beingshorter than the others, and a metallic rim formed from a blank havingnotches c, formed in its longitudinal edges, said blank being bent uponitself to form ahead-like portion c2, adapted to extend continuouslyaround the top of the basket and depending flanges, c3, adapted to besecured to the lon ger side pieces or staves, the notches, c', in therim-blank alinin g with the shorter side pieces, substantially as setforth.

4. The combination with the sheet-steel basket having the central bottompart, a, and the staves or tongue parts integral therewith and bentupward therefrom, and having the series of slots, a4, formed therein, ofthe sheetmetal band or hoop, B, extending continuously around the basketand threaded alternately in and out through the said slots or apertures,and having its ends rigidly riveted or otherwise secured to the basket,substantially as set forth.

5. The herein-described sheet-steel basket having the side parts orstaves a and the separately-formed rim-piece having the beadlikeexpanded part, c2, and a downward-extending fiange integral therewith,and a reinforcing-piece, D, substantially as set forth. 6. Theherein-described basket having the sheet-steel bottom a, the staves orside pieces, 0X, integral therewith, in combination With aseparately-formed rim-piece arranged to inclose the upper edges of thestaves, and a hoop, B, extending around the basket and across oppositefaces of adjacent staves below the rim, substantially as set forth.

JOSEPH PERRY. Vitnesses:

TONY BERGER, JOHN P. WILLIAMS.

